Streaming Live from Copenhagen, 5th - 17th December
Telegraph.co.uk and NewScientist.com
"Join me in supporting the Ice Bear Project and helping raise the temperature of the debate." Stephen Fry 2009
As leaders from around the world trickle into Copenhagen for the United Nations Climate Conference, a team of environmental artists led by Mark Coreth is sharpening their chisels in the WWF Arctic Tent, Centre Square. Within hours of the conference opening they will skillfully transform a vast block of ice into a monumental Ice Bear. However, this is no ordinary sculpture. Over the course of COP15 the public are invited to interact with the bear, every handprint abetting a melting process, which will leave behind a pool of water and a striking message to the world.
The team behind the interactive bear believes that it will stand, and disintegrates 'as a reminder that humans have the power to affect the delicate balance of nature.'
Watch the Copenhagen bear streamed live on Telegraph.co.uk and NewScientist.com , in conjunction with Inlet Technologies whose advanced encoding platform will deliver the action as it unfolds.
'We are delighted to be supporting the United Nations Climate Conference with our Spinnaker encoders' said Don Bossi, Chairman & CEO for Inlet Technologies, 'and are very pleased with the successful outcome of this collaboration with Videojuicer, through our UK partner Garland Partners Limited (GPL).
'Online video provides the ideal medium for raising awareness about climate change on a global basis.' says Steve Jelley, CEO Videojuicer, 'We are donating our video platform to broadcast a continuous stream that can be embedded on any blog in the world. After the event video clips will be syndicated web-wide through Videojuicer's player - to ensure that this powerful and timely message never melts into the ether.'
Copenhagen precedes the 'Bear in the Square', which makes another doomed appearance in Trafalgar Square, London next week.
Videojuicer is one of the new wave of companies defining the creative potential for web video. Videojuicer is a video technology and services company that provides a scalable online platform that enables publishers large and small to upload, syndicate, analyze and monetize video content. Its technology is based on a core set of APIs, the interoperability of which gives its customers unparalleled levels of control and customisation. Its innovative promotion engine goes beyond standard ad placement and enables revenue and lead generation within the context of the embedded video player. Videojuicer provides everything needed, even the vision to help create compelling content, to develop vibrant video-centric communities with live video or content on demand on the web and mobile applications.
Inlet Technologies Inlet Technologies provides live streaming and on-demand solutions that enable intelligent, robust digital media infrastructures, and the Spinnaker family of encoding solutions enables broadcast-quality streams over the Internet to multiple devices. GPL represents and supplies Inlet Technologies' products within the UK and provides a full package of technical and commercial support in the region.
Ice Bear Project is a new arts-driven initiative founded by artist Mark Coreth, which uses interactive techniques to catalyze awareness of climate change.
The New Scientist is a weekly international science magazine and website covering the latest developments in science and technology, and regularly delivering features, news and commentary on environmental issues such as climate change.
Telegraph.co.uk will be hosting the Ice Bear stream as part of extensive coverage from Copenhagen.
Please get in touch with Steve Jelly, CEO of Videojuicer at steve@videojuicer.com
